Thursday, October 27, 2011

Happy 5th Birthday!

So Pierce turned 5 on Monday. We don't do big parties, but we do make birthdays special. The festivities began with cupcakes at school! My mom, the twins, and I showed up early to eat lunch with Pierce and his class. I let Pierce buy his lunch and he was thrilled (even though he didn't eat much). Then we had the pumpkin spider ring cupcakes I made -

On Saturday, we invited family over. We smoked a couple of our chickens and had a feast, followed by Bob the Builder cake. Pierce wanted Diego and Baby Jaguar cake, but he's had every version of Diego cake out there, so we went with something different. Sadly, after I got the bill for this cake it looks like I'll now be making our birthday cakes in future years. I just can't see shelling out $25 for a cake again - even if it was very tasty (plus, they spelled Pierce's name wrong!).

A stomach bug has been going around Pierce's class at school, so we decided to let him blow out the candle on his individual piece of cake, just in case we were incubating something.

Then Pierce had a few presents to open. Many thanks to Cat Cat and Pop Pop, Uncle John, and Pam and George who all had gifts for Pierce.

Pierce had such a good time that he cried when it was time for family to go home. They certainly make his life so special!

OH wow 25 for that?? Yeah I can't say as I blame ya on doing them at home. I would send the picture to cake wrecks though it is a website dedicated to boo boos professional decorators make and attempt to sell to the public. Trust me his name being misspelled is minor when you look at some of the things that happen.

Girly as many B-Day cakes as you have in your future I agree invest in a sheet cake pan and a few basic cake decor tips. You can buy little figurines and use candy etc. for decorating. Basic piping with the icing very easy to do. Easy Peasy you can do it!

Happy Birthday to Pierce!!! You gave him a really fun time!! Yes, the special made cakes around here are at least $25.00. The spider cupcakes are really cute, even better looking than in the grocery store!

A wonderful post to read...brought back so many memories of my son in his early days (he turns 27 in December)even brought a tear to my eye...Give the birthday boy a hug from the UK and cherish the day...the memories never go away they just need a little reminder sometime xx

I'm glad that Pierce had a wonderful time at his birthday party! Sounds like a great party to me! I have been making my kids cakes myself because cakes are so expensive and just not worth that much. I can do it just as good if not better! lol I have made my daughter those doll cakes which are just so cute.

I can't believe they spelled his name wrong! I'm also jealous that your school lets you bring in homemade cupcakes for the class! They just won't allow that here at all. Tomorrow is the Fall Party and everything has to be store bought. It really makes it hard to get the parents to donate items for the parties.

Sounds like a great day! I love that your school lets you guys bring in homemade cupcakes. Ours will not allow anything homemade. Makes me sad because homemade is SOOO much better! Happy Birthday do your little man!